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RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER LEONARD TALLIS, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH

Aug 25, 2022 | 1 comment

  1. AFTER 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WO LEONARD TALLIS’S LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 02 OCTOBER 2022. 2. WO TALLIS ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 28 MARCH 1989, LANDING IN CORNWALLIS ON APRIL 1ST 1989. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AND INITIAL TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE AS A 231 RADAR TECHNICIAN, LEONARD WAS POSTED TO 15 WING MOOSE JAW, SASK FROM 1990-1997. WHILE THERE HIS SON WAS BORN AND THE 231 TRADE AMALGAMATED MAKING HIM A 226 ATIS TECHNICIAN. IN 1997 LEN WAS POSTED TO GOOSE BAY AND IN 1998 IT WAS CLOSED DOWN TO THE TRADE MAKING HIM HAVE TO POST TO NORTH BAY. FROM 2006-2010 WO TALLIS WAS TRANSFERRED TO TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, AND FOLLOWED THAT WITH A POSTING TO HIS HOMETOWN OF TRENTON FROM 2010-2014. IN 2014 HE WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED TO 5 WING GOOSE BAY AS THE WCWO ASSISTANT, THIS WAS AN OUT-OF-TRADE POSTING AND HE LEARNED A LOT AS THE WING CHIEFS ASSISTANT. THIS WAS ONLY A ONE-YEAR POSTING AND IN 2015 LEONARD WOULD FIND HIMSELF POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM AS THE PLANS WO. IN JANUARY 2018 POSTED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO JBER(JOINT BASE ELMENDOR-RICHARDSON) ALASKA AS […]

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RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER RONALD LAWTON, CD – IS TECH – 00394

Aug 25, 2022 | 0 comments

  1.  AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, MWO RONALD LAWTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 24 JULY 2022. 2. MWO LAWTON ENROLLED IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO ON 15 JUNE 1987, UNDER THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PLAN, WITH 705 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON HAMILTON ONTARIO (31 SIGNAL REGIMENT), AS A RADIO/TELETYPE OPERATOR (RT OP) AND COMPLETED HIS LINEMAN TRAINING IN JULY 1988 AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS. HE DEPLOYED TO CROATIA ON HIS FIRST TOUR FROM 19 OCT 1993 TO 19 APR 1994. IN 1995 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE RESERVE ELECTRIONIC WARFARE SQUADRON IN KINGSTON FROM HAMILTON. IN MARCH 1998 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REG FORCE AS A SIG OP AND WAS POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL REGIMENT KINGSTON.  HE ALSO SERVED LFCA TC MEAFORD ONTARIO AND VARIOUS UNITS WITHIN THE NCR. MWO LAWTON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEPLOY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS: BOSNIA IN 2001, QATAR IN 2003, MIDDLE EAST IN 2003, HAITI IN 2004, AND AFGHANISTAN IN 2011 AND 2012. MWO LAWTON WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN 2021 AND HELD THE POSITION OF UNIT SM AT DIMEUS IN OTTAWA AND FINISHED HIS CAREER AS AN IS TECH. 3. MWO LAWTON […]

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RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN JASON ISENOR, CD, 00340 – CELE

Aug 17, 2022 | 0 comments

  1. AFTER MORE THAN 28 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAPTAIN JASON ISENOR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2022. 2. JAY GREW UP IN ELMSDALE NS, AND JOINED THE CAF IN 1993 AS 031 INFANTRY. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING AT CFRS CORNWALLIS, AND PPCLI BATTLE SCHOOL IN WAINWRIGHT AB, THEY WERE POSTED TO 2 PPCLI IN WINNIPEG IN JUNE OF 1994. SPENDING THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS IN THE BATTALION, AND AFTER A VACATION TO BOSNIA IN 1997, AND COMPLETION OF THE QUEEN’S GUARD IN 1998, JAY DECIDED TO REMUSTER TO ATIS TECH 226 IN JANUARY OF 2000. ON COMPLETION OF TRADES TRAINING, THEY WERE POSTED TO 14 WING GREENWOOD. IN 2006, AFTER A PROMOTION TO MCPL, THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO 9 WING GANDER. HERE THEIR TIME WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN COMPUTER SUPPORT, AND CANADIAN COASTAL RADAR TRAINING. IN 2008, ON PROMOTION TO SGT, JAY ASSUMED THE ROLE AS COURSE DIRECTOR, AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER DUTIES FOR THE CCR COURSE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2011, JAY WAS POSTED TO ATESS TRENTON WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT 6 YEARS TRAINING ATIS TECHS. WHILE AT ATESS THEY WERE PROMOTED TO WO IN 2012, AND THEN TO […]

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RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER CARMINE CORRADO, CD, 00383-01 – SIG OP

Aug 12, 2022 | 0 comments

  1. WARRANT OFFICER CARMINE CORRADO WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 AUG, 2022, AFTER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. CARMINE STARTED HIS MILITARY CAREER IN JUNE OF 1988, AS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SYEP), WHERE HE COMPLETED BASIC MILITARY TRAINING WITH 709 (TORONTO) COMMUNICATION REGIMENT IN THE RADIO/TELETYPE (RTOP) TRADE. HE ONLY JOINED BECAUSE HE NEEDED A SUMMER JOB, HOWEVER, HE DECIDED TO STAY IN THE MILITARY. ONCE HE FINISHED BASIC TRAINING, HE STAYED IN THE MILITARY TO WORK PART-TIME WHILE IN SCHOOL. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS QL1 COURSE, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A RADIO DETACHMENT MEMBER. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AT 709 (TORONTO) COMMUNICATION REGIMENT, HE HAD  MANY CHANGES TO HIS MOC FROM RTOP TO SIG OP TO ACISS (CORE) AND BACK TO SIG OP, CARMINE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF CANADA AND ABROAD, INCLUDING: DUNDURN, SHILO, PETAWAWA, KINGSTON, MEAFORD, BORDEN, WAINWRIGHT, LAHR, KAUNAS, AND KANDAHAR. AFTER CLASS B SURFING FOR MANY YEARS AND PRIOR TO HIS PRE-DEPLOYMENT FOR OP ATHENA IN 2009, CARMINE SUBMITTED HIS REQUEST FOR COMPONENT TRANSFER TO THE REGULAR FORCE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED SHORTLY AFTER HIS […]

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